Oh, by about 1300%, to judge from the sale price of empty office buildings in 1993 (the year the Avenue was launched) and this year.
Tag: 10.28.13
Producers Of Play About Delhi Gang-Rape Are Crowdfunding Tour To India
Nirbhaya, written and directed by Yael Farber (Mies Julie) and premiered in Edinburgh this past summer, will travel to Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Calcutta if the producers can raise £500,000 by December.
The Myth Of The Great War Of The Worlds Mass Hysteria
“The supposed panic was so tiny as to be practically immeasurable on the night of the broadcast. Despite repeated assertions to the contrary in the PBS and NPR programs, almost nobody was fooled by Welles’ broadcast. How did the story of panicked listeners begin? Blame America’s newspapers.”
No, Writing For Free Is Not Actually Like Slavery
“In an op-ed piece in the New York Times, an author complained about repeatedly being asked to write for free, but what he finds so insulting is something many others see as an opportunity – and it is not going away any time soon.”
The Complex “Club” Of Networks At The Center Of Your Brain
This collection of highly connected hubs has been dubbed the “rich club” network because it resembles groups of well-connected individuals, such as Ivy League alumni organizations, that help others meet and exchange information.
Smithsonian Says It Lost Millions During Government Shutdown
The Smithsonian’s $2.8m figure estimates lost revenue from cafeterias, gift shops and theatres at the institution’s 19 museums and the National Zoo.
Critic Arthur Danto, 89
In a 1964 essay Danto coined the term “artworld”, which he defined as the cultural and historical context in which a work of art is created. The notion laid the groundwork for the philosopher George Dickie’s institutional theory of art, which states that an artefact becomes a work of art when “the artworld” confers “upon it the status of a candidate for appreciation”. Twenty years later, Danto published his most famous essay, “The End of Art”.
Can You Print A 3D Art Masterpiece?
“Scientists at the Delft University of Technology in Holland have been beavering away to try and produce 3D reproductions of artistic masterpieces. They have built a scanner that records depth and colour in such incredible detail that some say it results in a printed picture that has all the complexity of the original, down to the appearance and indentation of every pocket, lump and bump of paint.”
Louisville Orchestra Appoints 26-Year-Old Music Director
Teddy Abrams “who will begin a three-year contract as music director in September 2014, has been the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s assistant conductor since 2012. There he has curated the content of the orchestra’s education concerts and concerts intended for families and reached new audiences through neighborhood performances.”
How Frank Langella Won It All, Lost It And Earned It Back Again
“I was a terrible pain in the ass: 20s, 30s, 40s, those decades. … My career has been like a Chekhov play – not the normal exposition, plot, conflict, denouement – but all over the map in terms of success, money, fame, wipeout and back again.”